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Meaning of aftergrass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Čeština Otava
Français arrière-foin regain
Polski otawa potraw
Русский отава

Examples

“For the ordinarie times of foddring your fat cattell […] if they féede abroad, and take the benefit of Foggs and after-grasse, then to fodder them Morning, Euening, and high-noone is fully sufficient.”
“This recess, towards the close of September, when the after-grass of the meadows is still of a fresh green, with the leaves of many of the trees faded, but perhaps none fallen, is truly enchanting.”
“The cool silk of aftergrass under her bare feet”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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